| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: affirms that "it is sweet." For the general wisdom of mankind will
always stop short on the limit of the formidable.
What is best in a state of brimful, equable suffering is that it
does away with the gnawings of petty sensations. Too far gone to
be sensible to hope and desire I was spared the inferior pangs of
elation and impatience. Hours with her or hours without her were
all alike, all in her possession! But still there are shades and I
will admit that the hours of that morning were perhaps a little
more difficult to get through than the others. I had sent word of
my arrival of course. I had written a note. I had rung the bell.
Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as
The Arrow of Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: anti-Darwinism, anti-Nietzscheism, and every sort of Sabbatarianism
and sumptuary legislation. West, young despite his marvellous
scientific acquirements, had scant patience with good Dr. Halsey
and his erudite colleagues; and nursed an increasing resentment,
coupled with a desire to prove his theories to these obtuse worthies
in some striking and dramatic fashion. Like most youths, he indulged
in elaborate daydreams of revenge, triumph, and final magnanimous
forgiveness.
And then had come the scourge, grinning and lethal,
from the nightmare caverns of Tartarus. West and I had graduated
about the time of its beginning, but had remained for additional
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: and grieve the whole world."
The multitude of evil Phanfasms eagerly applauded this plan,
which they fully approved.
I am told that the Erbs are the most powerful and merciless of all
the evil spirits, and the Phanfasms of Phantastico belong to the
race of Erbs.
12. How they Matched the Fuddles
Dorothy and her fellow travelers rode away from the Cuttenclip village
and followed the indistinct path as far as the sign-post. Here they
took the main road again and proceeded pleasantly through the pretty
farming country. When evening came they stopped at a dwelling and were
The Emerald City of Oz |
